Nigeria CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
131,910,141
tons
Year-over-Year
+4.80%
increase
Global Share
0.33%
Per Capita
0.58
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Nigeria were 131,910,141 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 4.8% over the previous year, representing an increase by 6,041,444 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 125,868,697 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Nigeria are equivalent to 0.58 tons per person, an increase by 0.01 over the figure of 0.57 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 2.2% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Nigeria
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 131,910,141 | 4.8% | 0.58 | 0.33% |
| 2023 | 125,868,697 | −2.46% | 0.57 | 0.32% |
| 2022 | 129,041,745 | −1.42% | 0.6 | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 130,900,456 | 10.08% | 0.62 | 0.34% |
| 2020 | 118,917,767 | −5.7% | 0.58 | 0.33% |
| 2019 | 126,106,089 | 3.87% | 0.63 | 0.33% |
| 2018 | 121,408,202 | 4.63% | 0.62 | 0.32% |
| 2017 | 116,039,810 | −6.03% | 0.61 | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 123,479,633 | 4.24% | 0.66 | 0.34% |
| 2015 | 118,453,944 | −3.48% | 0.65 | 0.33% |
| 2014 | 122,726,087 | 7.08% | 0.7 | 0.34% |
| 2013 | 114,609,479 | 12.08% | 0.67 | 0.32% |
| 2012 | 102,255,841 | −1.7% | 0.61 | 0.29% |
| 2011 | 104,021,670 | 10.19% | 0.64 | 0.30% |
| 2010 | 94,403,598 | 16.67% | 0.6 | 0.28% |
| 2009 | 80,917,422 | −11.65% | 0.52 | 0.25% |
| 2008 | 91,584,688 | 8.53% | 0.61 | 0.28% |
| 2007 | 84,384,758 | −8.99% | 0.58 | 0.26% |
| 2006 | 92,724,620 | −9.95% | 0.65 | 0.30% |
| 2005 | 102,969,646 | −0.94% | 0.74 | 0.34% |
| 2004 | 103,947,913 | −3.41% | 0.77 | 0.36% |
| 2003 | 107,615,354 | 11.84% | 0.82 | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 96,219,323 | −9.52% | 0.75 | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 106,344,123 | 6.14% | 0.85 | 0.41% |
| 2000 | 100,194,876 | 11.34% | 0.82 | 0.39% |
| 1999 | 89,987,266 | −1.49% | 0.75 | 0.36% |
| 1998 | 91,351,816 | −9.39% | 0.78 | 0.37% |
| 1997 | 100,822,082 | −2.71% | 0.89 | 0.41% |
| 1996 | 103,632,865 | 16.63% | 0.94 | 0.43% |
| 1995 | 88,853,085 | 9.83% | 0.82 | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 80,897,664 | −6.64% | 0.77 | 0.35% |
| 1993 | 86,651,668 | −2.75% | 0.84 | 0.38% |
| 1992 | 89,106,029 | 9.54% | 0.89 | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 81,346,325 | 8.3% | 0.83 | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 75,111,127 | −5.54% | 0.79 | 0.33% |
| 1989 | 79,516,120 | 3.24% | 0.86 | 0.36% |
| 1988 | 77,023,160 | 13.7% | 0.85 | 0.35% |
| 1987 | 67,741,781 | −5.32% | 0.77 | 0.32% |
| 1986 | 71,545,929 | −2.29% | 0.83 | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 73,221,716 | 4.15% | 0.88 | 0.36% |
| 1984 | 70,304,495 | 0.45% | 0.86 | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 69,989,313 | 0.13% | 0.88 | 0.36% |
| 1982 | 69,895,543 | −4.66% | 0.9 | 0.36% |
| 1981 | 73,311,371 | −18.18% | 0.97 | 0.38% |
| 1980 | 89,600,604 | −9.88% | 1.22 | 0.45% |
| 1979 | 99,421,319 | 42.98% | 1.39 | 0.50% |
| 1978 | 69,537,420 | 4.62% | 1 | 0.36% |
| 1977 | 66,467,361 | −11.62% | 0.99 | 0.35% |
| 1976 | 75,202,571 | 17.48% | 1.15 | 0.41% |
| 1975 | 64,011,930 | −23.8% | 1.01 | 0.37% |
| 1974 | 84,001,954 | 26.43% | 1.36 | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 66,442,291 | 20.25% | 1.11 | 0.38% |
| 1972 | 55,251,349 | 29.61% | 0.94 | 0.34% |
| 1971 | 42,630,157 | 47.77% | 0.74 | 0.27% |
| 1970 | 28,848,265 | – | 0.52 | 0.18% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).